Adaptable and Adaptive Hypermedia Systems

by Chen, Sherry Y.; Magoulas, George D.

• ISBN13: 9781591405672
• ISBN10: 159140567X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

Hypermedia systems may be one of the most significant contributions to the Internet in recent years. This powerful new technology has revolutionized the delivery of e-content through the Internet. However, as the needs of users have changed, the hypermedi

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Peter Brusilovsky
Preface	viii
Sherry Y. Chen
George D. Magoulas
Section 1: Requirements Analysis
Designing to Change Users' Information Seeking Behaviour: A Case Study	1	(18)
Hanna Stelmaszewska
Ann Blandford
George Buchanan
Site Structure and User Navigation: Models, Measures, and Methods	19	(17)
Eelco Herder
Betsy van Dijk
Section 2: Architectural Aspects
Adaptation Engineering in Adaptive Concept-Based Systems	36	(23)
Geert-Jan Houben
Lora Aroyo
Paul De Bra
Darina Dicheva
The Extended Abstract Categorization Map (E-ACM)	59	(21)
Carlos Miguel Tobar
Ivan Luiz Marques Ricarte
A Generic Adaptation Framework for Web-Based Hypermedia Systems	80	(24)
Alexandros Paramythis
Constantine Stephanidis
Section 3: Modelling Techniques
Learning Adaptive Behaviour	104	(21)
Martin E. Muller
A Survey of Web-Usage Mining: Techniques for Building Web-Based Adaptive Hypermedia Systems	125	(25)
Martha Koutri
Nikolaos Avouris
Sophia Daskalaki
Information Imperfection as an Inherent Characteristic of Adaptive Hypermedia: Imprecise Models of Users and Interactions	150	(19)
Miguel-Angel Sicilia
Elena Garcia Barriocanal
Work Weighting Based on User's Browsing History	169	(21)
Yutaka Matsuo
Section 4: Applications Development
Adaptive Virtual Reality Museums on the Web	190	(16)
George Lepouras
Costas Vassilakis
SCARCE: An Adaptive Hypermedia Environment Based on Virtual Documents and Semantic Web	206	(19)
Serge Garlatti
Sebastien Iksal
Philippe Tanguy
User Modelling and Personalisation of Knowledge Management Systems	225	(21)
Liana Razmerita
Adaptive Hypermedia for Personalised TV	246	(18)
Judith Masthoff
Lyn Pemberton
Personalisation of Advertisements in the Digital TV Context	264	(21)
George D. Lekakos
George M. Giaglis
Section 5: Evaluation Methodologies
Problems and Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Adaptive Systems	285	(15)
Stephan Weibelzahl
Evaluating Usage of Dynamic Web Site Structures through Visualisation	300	(23)
Stephen Sobol
Catherine Stones
Glossary of Terms	323	(8)
About the Authors	331	(9)
Index	340